I live in Maine and have my entire life. Maine is great because it has four seasons. The summers are not extremely hot. Winters are cold, and we do get a lot of snow. From december to january the weather usally doen't get above freezing. Feb. is why we get the most snow and jan is when it is the coldest.

I'm not to sure about cost of living

The people in Maine are very nice friendly. Portland is a very nice city on the ocean. Umm Maine isn't very different then other states. There are few people that a real maine lobstermen.

any other question I will try to anwser as best as I can.